Arsenal News Archives: 06/2017

Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny admitted he has “no idea” if he will join Olympique de Marseille this summer, amid reports the Ligue 1 giants are planning an ambitious approach for the Frenchman.

Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez has revealed there hasn’t been any official approach from Arsenal this summer, despite manager Arsene Wenger showering the player in compliments and hinting at a potential deal.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring for Wales in Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Serbia with a Panenka penalty that proved to be an inadvertent tribute in the stadium it was devised.

Rob Holding emerged as one of Arsenal’s most exciting prospects this season, so let’s take a look at his arrival at the club

Since his promotion into the first-team around this time last year, Jeff Reine-Adelaide made six senior appearances but all were in the Cup competitions.

Since his 19th birthday at the start of January this year, it’s fair to say that Bielik has continued to progress at a rapid rate and his performances have thankfully not gone unnoticed.

England Women were comfortable as they cruised to a 4-0 win over Switzerland during their friendly fixture on Saturday afternoon.

Three first-team players were in action for their respective countries on international duty, with contrasting fortunes.

Arsenal Foundation, in partnership with Save the Children football program, is giving impoverished children a chance to forget about their daily hardships while teaching them about their rights.

Patrick Vieira, the current manager of New York City, has been linked with Ligue 1 side AS Saint-Etienne but may opt to stay in the US.

After five loans across England, the next few months could be crucial for Chuba Akpom’s development as well as his next career choice.

Yaya Sanogo, as well as Academy defenders Stefan O’Connor, Kristopher da Graca and Kostas Pileas are all set to leave Arsenal once their contracts expire at the end of June.

A Reddit user named Harefield has researched which football club has the most decorated players in Europe in the squad.

Matt Macey was one of the young prospects at Arsenal but hasn’t kicked on in the years that followed, and the goalkeeper could be permanently let go in the next 12 months given the competition for places.

The UEFA U21 European Championships in Poland begins in seven days, and Arsenal will have four representatives from three different countries at the summer tournament.

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has the third-most clean sheets since 2013/14, with only David de Gea and Hugo Lloris having achieved more.

The days of a single club dominating women’s football, for the most part, are long gone.

In some unsurprising news, Alexis Sánchez has revealed he is focused on Chile’s attempts to win this year’s Confederations Cup tournament and will leave contract discussions with Arsenal to this agent, Fernando Felicevich.

Krystian Bielik has revealed that he’s close to finalising a season-long loan move to Norwich City.

Shkodran Mustafi has looked ahead to the Confederations Cup in Russia starting next week.